Lot 313
  • 313

A. SALIERI, AUTOGRAPH TESTIMONIAL FOR IGNAZ ASSMAYER, SIGNED, 16 JANUARY 1817

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Autograph testimonial for the composer Ignaz Assmayer, signed ("Antonio Salieri"), 16 January 1817
to an unnamed recipient, attesting to his diligent study of vocal and instrumental music over the course of sixteen months, and stating that his progress has been such as to enable him to take up with honour a position of Maestro di Capella ("...e ch'egli è talmente avanzato in tale studio che già potrebbe con onore occupare un posto di Maestro di Cappella...") 1 page, folio (36 x 22cm), integral with some later annotations to verso, red wax seal, stamps, Vienna, 16 January 1817, light browning to edges

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

Formerly an organist at St. Peter's in Salzburg, Ignaz Assmayer (1790-1862) came to Vienna in 1815. One of his subsequent positions there (from 1825) was of organist to the Imperial Chapel. A friend of Schubert (another of Salieri's pupils), he was one of the 50 composers in the 1820s who supplied a variation on Diabelli's famous theme for the second part of the Vaterländischer Künstlerverein.